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7987 Walshkevin

minor planet
Place Asteroid Q709638

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
7986 Romania[4]
Followed by
7988 Pucacco[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.8, 13.96[14][15]
Apoapsis
3.343, 3.336415127261084
Argument of periapsis
220.96001, 221.8456244223047
Discoverer or inventor
Schelte J. Bus[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
168.50169, 168.2970596116006[20][21]
Mean anomaly
226.86489, 18.06451044877609
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.21, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
3.30075, 3.303897325353724[16][17]
Orbital period
4.62, 1686.395784661177[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.2078939, 2.209042395993834
Provisional designation
1981 EV22[8]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.7753342, 2.77272876162746[22][23]
Significant event
naming[10]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 2, 1981[9]
Time of periapsis
2460915.878015909
🏷️ Also known as
en 7987 Walshkevin en Walshkevin en (7987) 1981 EV22 de (7987) 1981 EV22 de (7987) Walshkevin es (7987) 1981 EV22 fr (7987) 1981 EV22 hu (7987) 1981 EV22 pt (7987) 1981 EV22 ru 1981 EV22 ru (7987) 1981 EV22 ru Walshkevin sv (7987) 1981 EV22 uk (7987) 1981 EV22 uk 7987 1981 EV22 uk 7987 Волшкевін zh 小行星7987
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0b77m0z
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20007987
Minor Planet Center body ID
7987

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Schelte J. Bus
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
7988 Pucacco
Followed by (predecessor) 1
7988 Pucacco
Follows 1
7986 Romania
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
7986 Romania
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Siding Spring Observatory
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

7987 Walshkevin is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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